As Ye Chen had predicted, things unfolded exactly as he had. With the departure of the Dark Serpent People, Ye Chen and his group quickly arrived outside the spatial node.
The surrounding dark serpent people had all withdrawn without encountering much resistance, and no dark serpent people emerged from the spatial node, remaining quietly in the starry sky.
"This spatial rift seems to be quite large!" Ye Chen said, looking at the huge spatial rift in the starry sky. Regardless of its width, its length was already the diameter of three primordial stars.
"It wasn't this big before. It seems they've reinforced and expanded it considerably in the last few days!" a lord sighed.
Unlike ordinary dark creatures, the Dark Serpent People did not spread outwards and devour the surrounding life after passing through the spatial passage. Instead, they banded together to stabilize their position and worked together to tear open the spatial passage.
When the opening of the spatial passage is torn open, the number of dark creatures that can pass through per unit of time will be greater, and the strength of the dark serpent people who can emerge will be stronger.
"No wonder the number of sixth-tier Dark Serpentmen has surged recently!" another lord exclaimed.
When higher-level creatures pass through a spatial channel, their powerful energy causes instability in the channel. Therefore, the more powerful the dark creature, the more difficult it is to cross the spatial channel, and it needs to constantly tear open the cracks and stabilize it.
Given the current state of this spatial passage, it could probably accommodate even a seventh-order dark serpent man, let alone a sixth-order one. The passage is only unstable because it's tearing apart too quickly; otherwise, dark gods would have already descended, and all these lords would have perished here.
"Fatty, set up the defenses! You all go and follow his orders. As per the original plan, I'll handle the passageway, and you can take care of the outer perimeter. If you have extra resources, come and help me!" Without wasting too much time, Ye Chen quickly gave the instructions.
Hearing his words, everyone nodded without saying much and began their own preparations, the most important of which was the defensive construction on the fat man's side.
As a lord on the technology side, if given enough time, he could completely surround this spatial rift, making it impossible for even the Heavenly King himself to escape. But clearly, he doesn't have that much time now.
The fat man could only roughly select some defensive construction sites based on the surrounding terrain. Then, to everyone's astonishment, billions of goblins drove out in various vehicles and built defensive facilities on various planets and meteorites.
The lords found that the only thing they could do was send people to protect them and help transport materials.
"Technological weapons? Are they even useful?" This question arose in everyone's mind, but when the energy cannons were assembled and the starships took off, everyone felt a sense of unease.
"Senior Shi Mingxu, you are in charge of this area. Arrange for your familiars to come and control the cannonballs. My goblins can't stay under the corruption of dark energy for too long, and there's not enough air!"
"Senior Qi Yuanliang, you're in charge of area 2; Sister Jiang Qin, you're in area 3..."
"Lin Zheping, you guys go with Senior Shi Mingxu; Xue Lier, you girls go with Sister Jiang Qin..."
"Whose clan are those? Don't fire indiscriminately! Every shot from that thing costs money! You'll have to cover the costs yourselves!"
The fifth-tier fat man commanded a group of sixth-tier big shots with ease, and even occasionally cursed.
This scene stunned the new lords below. "Our Duobao Group's leader is this powerful?" Instantly, their sense of belonging to Duobao grew even stronger!
Although the sixth-tier lords were resentful, they had no choice but to comply. These starship energy cannons were simply too tempting. Just that accidental "test firing" had such power that even a sixth-tier creature would be either killed or seriously injured. Where could they find such weapons normally?
Sigh! Scoring points isn't important. What I value is the role of this new type of weapon in interstellar warfare, and I'm willing to risk my life to give it a try.
As for taking orders from a low-ranking lord? What? Isn't he a scientist? We're warriors, of course we should listen to how researchers use their weapons!
The lords' preparations were in full swing, and Ye Chen was also making his own preparations.
The spatial rift is much larger than expected, and it is unrealistic to rely solely on the Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Formation to block it; other defensive measures are also necessary.
The crack was long and narrow, with the two widest sides occupied by the Wu Clan and a large army of mechs, including not only the few seventh-tier mechs but also a large number of sixth-tier and fifth-tier mechs.
Although these mech battles require a large amount of energy crystals, the merit points gained from blocking a spatial node are sufficient.
As for the pointed ends, one end is composed of fire crows, silver moon spirits, and a coalition of alien races, while the other end is defended by the Rakshasa race, along with dragons, phoenixes, great demons, and monsters.
Of the four directions, the Silver Moon Elf and the alien alliance seemed to be the weakest and the easiest to be breached by the Dark Serpent People, but this was Ye Chen's intention.
This direction may seem like a gap, but it connects to the defenses of the lords. Although they need to defend against the dark snake people coming in from outside, if they really break in, the fat man's technological weapons are not just for show. They will kill indiscriminately. The more people there are, the more will be killed by a single blast.
Not only that, but here also lies Ye Chen and Fatty's ultimate weapon - Eternal Silence. If they dare to break through from here, one shot will pierce through the entire spatial rift, annihilating all the Dark Serpent Men in one blast!
"There's a problem!" As the plan progressed, Shi Mingxu suddenly came over and asked Ye Chen, "The dark energy here is too concentrated. Our clans cannot be exposed to the starry sky for long, otherwise they will inevitably be devoured by the dark energy here."
"What if the Dark Serpent People don't riot or come over? Can't we just keep sending our clansmen to guard outside forever?" Shi Mingxu asked with a worried expression.
It wasn't just him; as the defenses were gradually improved, many lords discovered this problem. Currently, they could only send their respective clans to guard the area in shifts, but the number of shifts was far too frequent.
"It's alright. Didn't you notice that a large amount of dark energy is being drawn towards my Primordial Star? I've planted quite a few four-leaf clovers there. As for those familiars in the starry sky, they're not a problem!" Ye Chen said with a smile.
As his words fell, a bright sun rose into the sky to everyone's astonishment, illuminating the entire starry sky like a sun!
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